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Old March 14th 05, 07:04 PM
Catherine Woodgold
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"nimue" ) writes:
Hardly. I would like people to address the specific question I asked. Some
people aren't doing that and that doesn't help answer my question. If she
answers yes to "You think it's okay to leave a kid asleep in a car parked on
a
street for 20 minutes without being able to see or hear her and
without checking on her? Really?" then that's fine -- but she didn't, so I
can't really use her answer unless I know it specifically addresses the
question. Sheesh -- my kids do this all the time in class. They don't
specifically address the essay question, but kind of make up their own.


I think it's reasonable to leave a kid asleep in a car parked
on a street for 20 minutes without being able to see or
hear her and without checking on her. Doesn't mean I
would do it myself under those circumstances. I'm saying
I think it's reasonable. The mother made a reasonable
decision IMO.
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Old March 14th 05, 07:17 PM
Catherine Woodgold
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"shinypenny" ) writes:
As I've walked with her on other parts of the route, inevitably someone
who is lost will pull over and ask me for directions (lots of
out-of-staters). I have explained to DD that no adult should ever pull
over and ask a kid for directions, and if one does, she should NEVER
stop to give directions. Still, it concerns me that every time we walk
this stretch, someone stops me for directions (yesterday we got stopped
twice).


I wonder whether you've shown her the way to behave
when someone asks for directions. You could tell
her, "the next 3 times someone asks for directions,
I won't answer politely the way I usually do, but
I'll show you how you should respond when you're
alone." Then you could, I don't know, ignore them
and not look at them and keep walking, or run away,
or whatever you think your daughter ought to do.

If you always answer them politely, I think it will
be very hard for your daughter to do otherwise
when alone.
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Old March 14th 05, 07:24 PM
Catherine Woodgold
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"nimue" ) writes:
Catherine Woodgold wrote:
OK, sure, it wasn't her responsibility. Nevertheless,
Cathy's point is well-made. If the mother had been
doing something terribly dangerous, nimue, (who cares
about the child), would have intervened. Since she
didn't, we can conclude that nimue didn't feel at
the time that it was terribly dangerous. Uncomfortably
dangerous, yes, but not terribly dangerous.


Well, that explains why I told her to roll down the windows, but didn't say
anything at the time about leaving the baby in the car.


Right. You thought leaving the windows up was
terribly dangerous and you just had to say something.
You thought leaving the child alone was uncomfortably
dangerous, not terribly dangerous, so you didn't feel
absolutely compelled by fear to say something.
In future, your conscience may compell you to say
something in uncomfortably dangerous situations, too.
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Cathy
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Old March 14th 05, 07:27 PM
Catherine Woodgold
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"P. Tierney" ) writes:
"Catherine Woodgold" wrote in message
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"P. Tierney" ) writes:
Without using anecdotes or examples, how would you define
"putting a child at risk"?


Excellent question. You're an engineer, right?


Thanks, no. My prior job was a teacher (Eng., math, drama).


P. Tierney




I must have you mixed up with someone else.
You often post stuff that sounds like the way
I think, and I think "Oh, yes, that's because
she's an engineer." (Or are you a he?)
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Cathy
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